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The Tehachapi Mountains (IPA: /təˈhætʃəˌpi/) are a short transverse range in southern California in the United States, running SW-NE connecting the Coast Ranges on the west with the southern end of the Sierra Nevada mountains on the east. The range extends for approximately 40 mi (64 km) SW-NE in southern Kern County southeast of Bakersfield and vary in height from approximately 4,000 ft (1,220 m) to 8,000 ft (2,440 m). Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x800, 120 KB) Photo of wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains of California, taken July 2001 by User:Stan Shebs File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Tehachapi... Tehachapi Pass Tehachapi Pass (elevation 3793 ft/1156 m, location 35Â°06â€²08â€³ N 118Â°16â€²58â€³ W) is a mountain pass in southern California in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of California. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, â€² â€“ a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Tehachapi Mountains © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Transverse ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, part of the North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico. ... This article is about the region of Southern California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... The Pacific Coast Ranges are the series of mountain ranges that stretch along west coast of North America from Alaska to Mexico. ... This article is about the mountain range in the Western United States. ... Kern County is a county located in the southern Central Valley of the U.S. state of California. ... Nickname: Location of Bakersfield, California Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Kern County Founded 1869 Government - Mayor Harvey Hall Area - City 131 sq mi (339. ...

Description

The range forms a barrier separating the San Joaquin Valley to the northwest and the Mojave Desert in the Great Basin to the southeast. The range is crossed by Tejon Pass at its southwestern end (providing the route for Interstate 5). The dramatic incline of Interstate 5 on the northern slopes of this mountain range, downhill to the San Joaquin Valley floor, is regionally referred to as The Grapevine because of the grapevines still found on the earlier route on the mountain slope next to the highway. (Sometimes this colloquial name is extended to describe the portion of Interstate 5 on the southern slopes of the mountain range as well, which drops into Santa Clarita, California and the Los Angeles metro area.) The California Central Valley Part of the Valley as seen from overhead A typical Central Valley scene at ground level The California Central Valley is a large, flat valley that dominates the central portion of the U.S. state of California. ... For the indigenous American tribe, see Mohave. ... Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ... Tejon Pass Tejon Pass (elevation 4,183 ft/1,275 m) is a mountain pass at the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California in the United States. ... Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ... Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ... Interstate 5 (abbreviated I-5) is the westernmost interstate highway in the continental United States. ... Location of Santa Clarita in California and Los Angeles County Coordinates: , Country United States State California County Los Angeles Incorporated December 15, 1987 Government - Mayor Marsha McLean - Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Kellar - City Council Frank Ferry Laurene Weste TimBen Boydston - City Manager Ken Pulskamp Area - City 47. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ...

The less geographically dramatic Tehachapi Pass found on California State Highway 58 is at its northeastern end. It is also crossed by the California Aqueduct that supplies water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California. The Los Angeles Aqueduct flows along the southern edge of the mountains. The Tehachapi Loop provides a major railroad link across the mountains and is considered an engineering marvel. Tehachapi Pass Tehachapi Pass (elevation 3793 ft/1156 m, location 35Â°06â€²08â€³ N 118Â°16â€²58â€³ W) is a mountain pass in southern California in the United States. ... California State Highway 58 (CA 58, for short) is an east-west highway across the southern San Joaquin Valley, the Tehachapi Mountains, which borders the southern Sierra Nevada, and the Mojave Desert between its western terminus near Santa Margarita, California (junction U.S. Highway 101) and Barstow, California (junction Interstate... The California Aqueduct is the concrete-lined aqueduct that transports water from Northern California to Southern California. ... The Sacramento Delta. ... There are two Los Angeles Aqueducts--the original Los Angeles Aqueduct was designed by William Mulholland (an Irish immigrant who became a self-taught engineer and head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) and completed in 1913 to deliver water from the Owens River to the city... An eastbound Santa Fe train passes over itself on the loop in April 1987. ... This is the top-level page of WikiProject trains Rail tracks Rail transport refers to the land transport of passengers and goods along railways or railroads. ...

The Tehachapis, though not a long or high mountain range as California mountain ranges go, are regarded by many Californians as the dividing feature that separates northern California from southern California (though some contend that southern California extends as far north as the Fresno area). Because the Ridge Route auto highway was constructed across these mountains and the ranges south of it in the early 20th century, many historians say California averted a potential split into two separate states - North California and South California. (There have in fact been two distinct periods of California history where this split has been discussed in the legislature, in 1860 and 1965, and both proposed the crest of the Tehachapi Mountains as the new border. Both proposals, of course, failed.) Fresno redirects here. ... A map of the Ridge Route drawn in 1919 The Ridge Route, officially the Castaic-Tejon Route,[2] is a narrow two-lane highway in the northern Greater Los Angeles Area of the U.S. state of California. ...

The Monolith cement works, which supplied cement for the construction of Hoover Dam, among other major public works, is situated in the Tehachapis east of Tehachapi Pass. For the dam near Westerville, Ohio, see Hoover Dam (Ohio). ...

Geology

The Tehachapis are largely the result of the movements of the Garlock Fault,located along the southern base of the range, a major transform fault which runs from the San Andreas Fault in the west to the Sierra Fault on the east and some distance beyond. This fault is unusual in California in that it is a left-lateral fault, that is, it's motion is opposite to most of the faults in the state which are right-lateral faults. Perspective view of Garlock Fault The Garlock Fault Line is a left-lateral strike-slip fault line running approximately northeast-southwest in the southwestern United States. ... A transform fault is a geological fault that is a special case of strike-slip faulting which terminates abruptly, at both ends, at a major transverse geological feature. ... View of the San Andreas Fault on the Carrizo Plain in central California, 35Â°07N, 119Â°39W The San Andreas Fault is a geological fault that runs a length of roughly 800 miles (1300 kilometres) through western and southern California in the United States. ...

Climate

The range is in an interesting crossroads among climate zones. The Great Basin to the east and southeast typically receives just a few inches of precipitation a year, usually in winter. Summer monsoon season can bring localized torrential rains to parts of the range as well. To the south and southwest lie the main Transverse Ranges in the Los Padres National Forest and Angeles National Forests. The prevailing wind is southwesterly, funneling through Tejon Pass and into the east-west canyons and valleys of the Tehachapi range with regularity. To the northwest lies the San Joaquin Valley with its oak savanna climbing the broad western slopes of the range. Like sand dunes piling up where winds converge, the Tehachapis collect marine and valley moisture, which piles up into fog that blankets the range many weeks of the year. Like Sicily is to Italy, the Tehachapi crest is a subalpine island at the toe of the Sierra Nevada, which dominates the northern skyline. The higher north-facing (subalpine) slopes are mixed conifer and scrub oak, while the south-facing (continental) are live oak, scrub and Gray Pine aka Ghost Pine, typical of the relationship between the moisture-retaining northern slopes and the year-round exposed southern slopes. The area surrounding the Tehachapi Crest is semiarid, including the sage country of the Tehachapi Pass area. Canyons, even on southern slopes, however, can have year-round water flows, particularly when orographic enhancement has squeezed extra precipitation from passing storms and snowmelt during the spring months. Drainage map showing the Great Basin in orange Various Definitions of the Great Basin (NPS) The Great Basin is a large, arid region of the western United States. ... For other uses, see Monsoon (disambiguation). ... The Transverse ranges are a group of mountain ranges of southern California, part of the North American Coast Ranges that run along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Mexico. ... View into the Los Padres backcountry, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties, California: everything in this picture is within the Los Padres National Forest Los Padres National Forest is a forest located in southern and central California, which includes most of the mountainous land along the California coast from Ventura to... The San Gabriel Mountains, part of the Angeles National Forest. ... Tejon Pass Tejon Pass (elevation 4,183 ft/1,275 m) is a mountain pass at the southwest end of the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California in the United States. ... The Central Valley of California The San Joaquin Valley (English pronunciation in IPA: [sÃ¦n wÉ‘Ëˆkin]) refers to the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Stockton. ... An oak savanna is a type of savanna, or lightly-forested grassland, found in central North America. ... Binomial name Pinus sabineana The Gray Pine (Pinus sabineana) is a pine endemic to California in the United States. ... Orography is the average height of land, measured in geopotential meters, over a certain domain. ...

Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1927x600, 298 KB) Panoramic image of the windfarm at Tehachapi, CA, by Roger Howard <rogerhoward@mac. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1927x600, 298 KB) Panoramic image of the windfarm at Tehachapi, CA, by Roger Howard <rogerhoward@mac. ...

Tehachapi Mountains in pop culture

The Reality TV show Endurance Tehachapi was filmed in the Tehachapi Mountains at the Tejon Ranch Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ... Endurance is a Daytime Emmy Award-nominated American reality television childrens program, currently shown on the Discovery Kids cable network in the United States and also on networks in other countries. ... Tejon Ranch is the largest landowner in California. ...

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